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Student Responses to Review Topic: What To Do For Fun

Outdoors stuff is easy to find, there are a ton of trails for hiking, some ok biking, there's some climbing, you can go swim, dive, skate, wakeboard, you can go shoot, hunt, run, work out, watch movies, do art, there are dozens of groups, clubs, and classes around Austin for pretty much anything. Seriously almost anything.

Austin is a crazy big, awesome, spirited city! There are an endless amount of things to do for fun. Austin has music festivals regularly, and music plays a major part in the city's image. There are several museums right on UT's campus, so one is never short on the opportunity to be cultured here.

Artistic expression is a central theme in Austin with their various music festivals (ACL, FFFfest, SXSW, etc.). With your UT ID you can take the Austin buses pretty much anywhere so finding a way to Zilker Park, Whole Foods, or Magnolia Cafe shouldn't be a problem. Food truck parks are also a fun thing to experience in Austin, because they supply a plethora of types of treats to try.

Austin is great. I've been living here for several years so I know what's around town and I feel like a lot of UT students from out of town never really leave campus since everything they need is right there. There's paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, and all that on Town Lake. You can go zip-lining and hiking on Mount Bonnell. There's a lot of unique food places you can check out. We have Zilker park, ACL, SXSW, Fun Fun Fun fest, a bridge with bats that come out at night, and 6th street is great for a night out.

Join clubs/organizations! The easiest way to get through life is to have a group of friends that you genuinely have fun being around. College is stressful, so take a load off and go bowling or watch a movie at the campus Union building.

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